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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Life of Pi by Yann Martel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Still Alice by Lisa Genova
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“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
― Tom Bodett
tags: happiness, hope, joy, love, wishing
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“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
tags: hope, human-nature
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Every Day Parisian is a book club for anyone with a Francophile interest. Each month a different book will be suggested.

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